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POLICY DOCUMENT
1. PREAMBLE
This Policy is a contract of insurance issued by The Oriental Insurance Company Limited
(hereinafter called the ‘Company’) to the proposer mentioned in the schedule (hereinafter
called the ‘Insured’) to cover the person(s) named in the schedule (hereinafter called the
‘Insured Persons’). The policy is based on the statements and declaration provided in the
proposal Form by the proposer and is subject to receipt of the requisite premium.
2. OPERATIVE CLAUSE
If during the policy period one or more Insured Person (s) is required to be hospitalized for
treatment of Covid at a Hospital or given Home Care Treatment following Medical Advice of
a duly qualified Medical Practitioner, the Company shall indemnify medically necessary
expenses towards the Coverage mentioned in the policy schedule.
Provided further that, any amount payable under the policy shall be subject to the terms of
coverage exclusions, conditions and definitions contained herein. Maximum liability of the
Company under all such Claims during the Policy Period shall be the Sum Insured (Individual
or Floater) opted and specified in the Schedule.
3. DEFINITIONS
The terms defined below and at other junctures in the Policy have the meanings ascribed to
them wherever they appear in this Policy and, where, the context so requires, references to the
singular include references to the plural; references to the male includes the female and
references to any statutory enactment includes subsequent changes to the same.
3.1.Age means age of the Insured person on last birthday as on date of commencement of the
Policy.
3.2.AYUSH Treatment refers to hospitalization treatments given under Ayurveda, Yoga and
Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy systems.
3.4.Cashless Facility means a facility extended by the insurer to the insured where the
payments, of the costs of treatment undergone by the insured person in accordance with
the Policy terms and conditions, are directly made to the network provider by the insurer
to the extent pre-authorization is approved.
3.5.Condition Precedent means a Policy term or condition upon which the Company’s
liability under the Policy is conditional upon.
3.6.COVID: For the purpose of this Policy, Coronavirus Disease means COVID-19 as
defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and caused by the virus SARS-CoV2.
3.7.Day Care Treatment means medical treatment, and/or surgical procedure which is:
i. undertaken under general or local anesthesia in a hospital/day care centre in less than
twenty-four hours because of technological advancement, and
ii. which would have otherwise required a hospitalization of more than twenty-four hours.
iii. Treatment normally taken on an out-patient basis is not included in the scope of this
definition.
3.8.Disclosure to information norm: The policy shall be void and all premiums paid thereon
shall be forfeited to the Company in the event of misrepresentation, mis-description or
non-disclosure of any material fact by the policyholder.
3.9.Emergency Care: Emergency care means management for an illness or injury which
results in symptoms which occur suddenly and unexpectedly, and requires immediate care
by a medical practitioner to prevent death or serious long term impairment of the insured
person’s health.
3.10. Family means, the Family that consists of the proposer and any one or more of the family
members as mentioned below:
i. Legally wedded spouse.
ii. Parents and Parents-in-law.
iii.Dependent Children (i.e. natural or legally adopted) between the day 1 of age to 25 years. If
the child above 18 years of age is financially independent, he or she shall be ineligible for
coverage
3.11. Health care worker for the purpose of this policy shall mean doctors, nurses,
midwives, dental practitioners and other health professionals including laboratory
assistants, pharmacists, physiotherapists, technicians and people working in hospitals.
3.12. Home Care Treatment means treatment availed by the Insured Person at home for
Covid on positive diagnosis of Covid in a Government authorized diagnostic Centre,
which in normal course would require care and treatment at a hospital but is actually
taken at home provided that:
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a) The Medical practitioner advices the Insured person to undergo treatment at home.
b) There is a continuous active line of treatment with monitoring of the health status
by a medical practitioner for each day through the duration of the home care
treatment.
c) Daily monitoring chart including records of treatment administered duly signed by
the treating doctor is maintained.
3.13. Hospital means any institution established for in-patient care and day care treatment of
disease/ injuries and which has been registered as a hospital with the local authorities
under the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 or under the
enactments specified under Schedule of Section 56(1) of the said Act, OR complies
with all minimum criteria as under:
i. has qualified nursing staff under its employment round the clock;
ii. has at least ten inpatient beds, in those towns having a population of less than ten lakhs and
fifteen inpatient beds in all other places;
iii. has qualified medical practitioner (s) in charge round the clock;
iv. has a fully equipped operation theatre of its own where surgical procedures are carried out
v. maintains daily records of patients and shall make these accessible to the Company’s
authorized personnel.
For the purpose of this policy any other set-up designated by the Government as hospital for
the treatment of Covid shall also be considered as hospital.
3.15. In-Patient Care means treatment for which the insured person has to stay in a hospital
for more than 24 hours for a covered event.
3.16. Insured Person means person(s) named in the schedule of the Policy.
3.17. Intensive Care Unit means an identified section, ward or wing of a hospital which is
under the constant supervision of a dedicated medical practitioner(s), and which is
specially equipped for the continuous monitoring and treatment of patients who are in a
critical condition, or require life support facilities and where the level of care and
supervision is considerably more sophisticated and intensive than in the ordinary and
other wards.
3.18. ICU (Intensive Care Unit) Charges means the amount charged by a Hospital towards
ICU expenses on a per day basis which shall include the expenses for ICU bed, general
medical support services provided to any ICU patient including monitoring devices,
critical care nursing and intensivist charges.
3.19. Medical Advice means any consultation or advice from a Medical Practitioner
including the issue of any prescription or follow up prescription.
3.20. Medical Expenses means those expenses that an insured person has necessarily and
actually incurred for medical treatment on account of illness or accident on the advice of a
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medical practitioner, as long as these are no more than would have been payable if the
insured person had not been insured and no more than other hospitals or doctors in the
same locality would have charged for the same medical treatment.
3.21. Medical Practitioner means a person who holds a valid registration from the Medical
Council of any state or Medical Council of India or Council for Indian Medicine or for
Homeopathy set up by the Government of India or a State Government and is thereby
entitled to practice medicine within its jurisdiction; and is acting within the scope and
jurisdiction of the licence.
3.22. Medically Necessary Treatment means any treatment, tests, medication, or stay in
hospital or part of a stay in hospital which
i. is required for the medical management of illness or injury suffered by the
insured;
ii. must not exceed the level of care necessary to provide safe, adequate and
appropriate medical care in scope, duration, or intensity;
iii. must have been prescribed by a medical practitioner;
iv. must conform to the professional standards widely accepted in international
medical practice or by the medical community in India.
3.23. Network Provider means hospitals enlisted by insurer, TPA or jointly by an insurer
and TPA to provide medical services to an insured by a cashless facility.
3.24. Non- Network Provider means any hospital that is not part of the network.
3.25. Notification of Claim means the process of intimating a claim to the Insurer or TPA
through any of the recognized modes of communication.
3.26. Out-Patient (OPD) Treatment means treatment in which the insured visits a clinic /
hospital or associated facility like a consultation room for diagnosis and treatment based
on the advice of a medical practitioner. The insured is not admitted as a day care or in-
patient
3.27. Pre-hospitalization Medical Expenses means medical expenses incurred during the
period of 15 days preceding the hospitalization/home care treatment of the Insured
Person, provided that:
i. Such Medical Expenses are incurred for the same condition for which the
Insured Person’s Hospitalization//home care treatment was required, and
ii. The In-patient Hospitalization claim//home care treatment claim for such
hospitalization/home care treatment is admissible by the Insurance Company.
3.28. Post-hospitalization Medical Expenses means medical expenses incurred during the
period of 30 days immediately after the insured person is discharged from the hospital/
completion of home care treatment provided that:
i. Such Medical Expenses are for the same condition for which the insured
person’s hospitalization/home care treatment was required, and
ii. The inpatient hospitalization/home care treatment claim for such
hospitalization/home care treatment is admissible by the Insurance Company.
3.30. Policy period means period of three and half months (3 ½ months), six and half months
(6 ½ months), nine and half months (9 ½ months) as mentioned in the schedule for which
the Policy is issued.
3.31. Policy Schedule means the Policy Schedule attached to and forming part of Policy
3.32. Qualified Nurse means a person who holds a valid registration from the Nursing
Council of India or the Nursing Council of any state in India.
3.33. Room Rent means the amount charged by a hospital towards Room and Boarding
expenses and shall include the associated medical expenses.
3.34. Sub-limit means a cost sharing requirement under a health insurance policy in which an
insurer would not be liable to pay any amount in excess of the pre-defined limit
3.35. Sum Insured means the pre-defined limit specified in the Policy Schedule. Sum
Insured represents the maximum, total and cumulative liability for any and all claims
made under the Policy, in respect of that Insured Person (on Individual basis) or all
Insured Persons (on Floater basis) during the Policy Period.
3.36. Surgery or Surgical Procedure means manual and / or operative procedure (s)
required for treatment of an illness or injury, correction of deformities and defects,
diagnosis and cure of diseases, relief of suffering and prolongation of life, performed in a
hospital or day care centre by a medical practitioner.
3.37. Third Party Administrator (TPA) means a Company registered with the Authority,
and engaged by an insurer, for a fee or by whatever name called and as may be mentioned
in the health services agreement, for providing health services.
3.38. Waiting Period means a period from the inception of this Policy during which Covid is
not covered.
4. Base Cover:
The cover listed below is in-built Policy benefit and shall be available to all Insured Persons in
accordance with the procedures set out in this Policy.
The Company shall indemnify medical expenses incurred for Hospitalization of the Insured
Person during the Policy period for the treatment of Covid on Positive diagnosis of Covid in a
government authorized diagnostic centre including the expenses incurred on treatment of any
comorbidity along with the treatment for Covid up to the Sum Insured specified in the policy
schedule, for,
i. Room Rent, Boarding, Nursing Expenses as provided by the Hospital / Nursing Home.
Home Care Treatment means Treatment availed by the Insured Person at home for Covid on
positive diagnosis of Covid in a Government authorized diagnostic Centre, which in normal
course would require care and treatment at a hospital but is actually taken at home maximum
up to 14 days per incident provided that:
a) The Medical practitioner advices the Insured person to undergo treatment at home.
b) There is a continuous active line of treatment with monitoring of the health status by a
medical practitioner for each day through the duration of the home care treatment.
c) Daily monitoring chart including records of treatment administered duly signed by the
treating doctor is maintained.
d) Insured shall be permitted to avail the services as prescribed by the medical practitioner.
Cashless or reimbursement facility shall be offered under homecare expenses subject to
claim settlement policy disclosed in the website.
e) In case the insured intends to avail the services of non-network provider claim shall be
subject to reimbursement, a prior approval from the Insurer needs to be taken before
availing such services.
In this benefit, the following shall be covered if prescribed by the treating medical practitioner
and is related to treatment of COVID,
a. Diagnostic tests undergone at home or at diagnostics centre
b. Medicines prescribed in writing
c. Consultation charges of the medical practitioner
d. Nursing charges related to medical staff
e. Medical procedures limited to parenteral administration of medicines
f. Cost of Pulse Oximeter, Oxygen cylinder and Nebulizer
The Company shall indemnify medical expenses incurred for inpatient care treatment for Covid
on Positive diagnosis of COVID test in a government authorized diagnostic centre including
the expenses incurred on treatment of any comorbidity along with the treatment for Covid
under Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy systems of medicines
Covered expenses shall be as specified under Covid Hospitalization Expenses (Section 4.1)
The company shall indemnify post hospitalization//home care treatment medical expenses
incurred, related to an admissible hospitalization//home care treatment, for a fixed period of
30days from the date of discharge from the hospital, following an admissible hospitalization
covered under the policy.
4.6 The expenses that are not covered in this policy are placed under List-I of Annexure-A. The
list of expenses that are to be subsumed into room charges, or procedure charges or costs of
treatment are placed under List-II, List-III and List-IV of Annexure-A respectively.
5. Optional cover:
The cover listed below is Optional Policy benefit and shall be available to Insured Persons in
accordance with the terms set out in the Policy, if the listed cover is opted
5.1 Hospital Daily Cash: The Company shall pay the Insured Person 0.5% of sum insured per
day for each 24 hours of continuous hospitalization for which the Company has accepted a
claim under Section- 4.1 Hospitalization Cover.
The benefit shall be payable maximum up to 15 days during a policy period in respect of every
insured person.
The total amount payable in respect of Covers 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4, 4.5, 5.1, shall not exceed
100% of the Sum Insured during a policy period.
6. Waiting Period
The Company shall not be liable to make any payment under the policy in connection with or
in respect of following expenses till the expiry of waiting period mentioned below:
Expenses related to the treatment of Covid within 15 days from the policy commencement date
shall be excluded.
7. EXCLUSIONS
The Company shall not be liable to make any payment under the policy, in respect of any
expenses incurred in connection with or in respect of:
Expenses related to any admission primarily for diagnostics and evaluation purposes.
Any diagnostic expenses which are not related or not incidental to the current diagnosis
and treatment
Expenses related to any admission primarily for enforced bed rest and not for receiving
treatment. This also includes:
i. Custodial care either at home or in a nursing facility for personal care such as
help with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, moving around
either by skilled nurses or assistant or non-skilled persons.
ii. Any services for people who are terminally ill to address physical, social,
emotional and spiritual needs.
7.3 Dietary supplements and substances that can be purchased without prescription,
including but not limited to Vitamins, minerals and organic substances unless prescribed
by a medical practitioner as part of hospitalization claim or Home care treatment.
7.5 Any claim in relation to Covid where it has been diagnosed prior to Policy Start Date.
7.6 Any expenses incurred on Day Care treatment and OPD treatment
7.8 Testing done at a Diagnostic centre which is not authorized by the Government shall
not be recognized under this Policy
7.9 All covers under this Policy shall cease if the Insured Person travels to any country
placed under travel restriction by the Government of India.
8. CLAIM PROCEDURE
(i) Treatment may be taken in a network provider and is subject to pre authorization by the
Company or its authorized TPA. (ii) Cashless request form available with the network provider
and TPA shall be completed and sent to the Company/TPA for authorization. (iii) The
Company/ TPA upon getting cashless request form and related medical information from the
insured person/ network provider will issue pre-authorization letter to the hospital after
verification. (iv) At the time of discharge, the insured person has to verify and sign the
discharge papers, pay for non-medical and inadmissible expenses. (v) The Company / TPA
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reserves the right to deny pre-authorization in case the insured person is unable to provide the
relevant medical details. (vi) In case of denial of cashless access, the insured person may obtain
the treatment as per treating doctor’s advice and submit the claim documents to the Company /
TPA for reimbursement.
For reimbursement of claims the insured person may submit the necessary documents to TPA
/Company within the prescribed time limit as specified hereunder.
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8.3Notification of Claim
Notice with full particulars shall be sent to the Company/TPA (if applicable) as under:
i. Within24hours from the date of emergency hospitalization/cashless home care treatment.
ii. At least 48 hours prior to admission in Hospital in case of a planned Hospitalization.
8.4Documents to be submitted:
The claim is to be supported with the following documents and submitted within the prescribed
time limit.
Note:
1. The company shall only accept bills/invoices/medical treatment related documents only in
the Insured Person’s name for whom the claim is submitted
2. In the event of a claim lodged under the Policy and the original documents having been
submitted to any other insurer, the Company shall accept the copy of the documents and
claim settlement advice, duly certified by the other insurer subject to satisfaction of the
Company
3. Any delay in notification or submission may be condoned on merit where delay is proved
to be for reasons beyond the control of the Insured Person
9.8 Fraud
If any claim made by the insured person, is in any respect fraudulent, or if any false statement,
or declaration is made or used in support thereof, or if any fraudulent means or devices are
used by the insured person or anyone acting on his/her behalf to obtain any benefit under this
policy, all benefits under this policy shall be forfeited.
Any amount already paid against claims made under the policy which are found fraudulent
later under this policy shall be repaid by all recipient(s)/policyholder(s), who has made that
particular claim, who shall be jointly and severally liable for such repayment.
For the purpose of this clause, the expression "fraud" means any of the following acts
committed by the Insured Person or by his agent or the hospital/doctor/any other party, with
intent to deceive the insurer or to induce the insurer to issue an insurance Policy:
(a) the suggestion, as a fact of that which is not true and which the Insured Person does
not believe to be true;
(b) the active concealment of a fact by the Insured Person having knowledge or belief
of the fact;
(c) any other act fitted to deceive; and
(d) any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent
The company shall not repudiate the policy on the ground of fraud, if the insured person /
beneficiary can prove that the misstatement was true to the best of his knowledge and there was
no deliberate intention to suppress the fact or that such mis-statement of or suppression of
material fact are within the knowledge of the insurer.
9.9 Cancellation
The Company may cancel the Policy at any time on grounds of mis-representation, non-
disclosure of material facts, fraud by the Insured Person, by giving 7 days’ written notice.
There would be no refund of premium on cancellation on grounds of mis-representation, non-
disclosure of material facts or fraud.
9.12 Arbitration
i. If any dispute or difference shall arise as to the quantum to be paid by the Policy,
(liability being otherwise admitted) such difference shall independently of all other
questions, be referred to the decision of a sole arbitrator to be appointed in writing by
the parties here to or if they cannot agree upon a single arbitrator within thirty days of
any party invoking arbitration, the same shall be referred to a panel of three arbitrators,
comprising two arbitrators, one to be appointed by each of the parties to the
dispute/difference and the third arbitrator to be appointed by such two arbitrators and
arbitration shall be conducted under and in accordance with the provisions of the
Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, as amended by Arbitration and Conciliation
(Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 3 of 2016).
ii. It is clearly agreed and understood that no difference or dispute shall be preferable to
arbitration as herein before provided, if the Company has disputed or not accepted
liability under or in respect of the policy.
iii. It is hereby expressly stipulated and declared that it shall be a condition precedent to
any right of action or suit upon the policy that award by such arbitrator/arbitrators of
the amount of expenses shall be first obtained.
9.15 Nomination
The policyholder is required at the inception of the policy to make a nomination for the purpose
of payment of claims under the policy in the event of death of the policyholder. Any change of
nomination shall be communicated to the company in writing and such change shall be
effective only when an endorsement on the policy is made. In the event of death of the
policyholder, the Company will pay the nominee {as named in the Policy Schedule/Policy
In case of any grievance the insured person may contact the company through
Website: www.orientalinsurance.org.in
Toll free: 1800118485 Or 011- 33208485
E-mail: csd@orientalinsurance.co.in
Fax:
Courier:
Insured person may also approach the grievance cell at any of the company’s branches
with the details of grievance.
If Insured person is not satisfied with the redressal of grievance through one of the
above methods, insured person may contact the grievance officer at:
Customer Service Department
4th Floor, Agarwal House
Asaf Ali Road,
New Delhi-110002.
Insurance Ombudsman –If Insured person is not satisfied with the redressal of grievance
through above methods, the insured person may also approach the office of Insurance
Ombudsman of the respective area/region for redressal of grievance. The contact details of the
Insurance Ombudsman offices have been provided as Annexure-B